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The scenery changed dramatically on the 90 minute ride west from Reno, from desert dunes and red-gold canyons and cliffs to beautiful pine forestland dotted with one-stoplight towns.

This week was an important time for followers of the Christian and Jewish faith, given that it is when the Easter and Passover holidays were celebrated. It’s also when (much like Christmas and Hanukkah) attendance at services offered by church and synagogues is higher than normal. Given that freedom of religion was one of the founding [...]

Most people travel to see famous tourist attractions. But there’s a niche developing that’s growing more and more popular each year of people visiting sites that most of the world has long forgotten. These urban explorers find abandoned places across the nation, and even the world, to see what society has left behind. There is something [...]

A man once had a dream… that would eventually become a reality. Tragically, realizing that dream came at the cost of his life. But the incredible impact Martin Luther King Jr. left behind has remained, and is even celebrated as a national holiday. Despite our Declaration of Independence stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: [...]

What exactly is futurity? Webster defines it as a future event or possibility. But in the city of Augusta, Ga., what futurity happens to be is one of the biggest tourist draws and economic impacts on the South Carolina-Georgia border town behind golf’s most important tournament, The Masters. In fact, the 31st annual Augusta Futurity, [...]

How are those New Year’s resolutions fairing? Fading fast? Still going strong? Is your list filled with the usual—more exercise, less indulging? Or perhaps one of the other top ten winners like simply enjoying life more. (I know, to some of us that doesn’t seem to fit with the first two.) Personally, I think one [...]

For those who have traveled in the last several years, you’ll have noticed that most of the glitz and glam of flying has been all but lost — especially for those not traveling first class. For example, meals are seldom complementary, and extra baggage rates can be extortionist. But was it always this way? The [...]

The State Department regularly posts travel warnings on its website for countries determined unsafe for American tourists abroad. These are typically countries that are dangerous because of drug wars, terrorist attacks, high crime rates and most are countries in which the US embassies are limited in their ability to assist Americans tourists in distress. But [...]

How's this for an idea of heaven: A beach you can love without having to share. Read on for secret sands.

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Just barely off the East Coast of Florida, the 700-plus islands that comprise the Bahamas overflow with an incredible array of diving. We slip off to the edge-of-the-earth atmosphere of Andros to explore the world’s third-longest barrier reef, slip into the inky depths of oceanic blue holes and rub shoulders with a shark or two.